Railway-tie.



I J. P. IVIANLEY.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION man MAR. 26. L911. RENEWED FEB.28,19I9.

1,299,202B Patented Apr. 1,1919.

r17 1 MAN LEV MWWM 2 are undercut as shown at 3 for a purpose JAMES P. MANLEY, 0F ANDERSON, INDIANA.

RAILWAY- TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed March 26, 1917, Serial No 157,480. Renewed February 28, 1919. Serial No. 279,456.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES P. MANLEY;

a citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of. Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such "as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7 My invention relates to improvements in rail ties and fasteners, but more particularly to. an improved form of rail chair carried by the end of the tie.

The object of the invention is to so construct the chair as to permit it to be stamped from a single rectangular malleable plate, thus insuring that the device shall be manufactured at a small cost regardless of the fact that it will be highly eflicient.

With the foregoing general object in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction to be hereinafter fully described'and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawing which constitutes a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a plate stamped intothe proper shape for constructing one of the improved chairs;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a complete chair made from the plate shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an edge view of a pair of chairs such as that depleted in Fig. 2 secured to the ends of a tie plate and showing a pair of-rails clampedin said chairs;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one end of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an edge elevation of a pair of chairs showing the manner in which they may be formed on the ends of the tie plate.

In Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a rectangular plate of malleable iron or steel, the side edges of said plate, near one end thereof having elongated notches 2 whose inner edges are parallel with said edges of the plate. The ends of the notches to appear. The edge portions 4 of the plate '1, between one end of the notches 3 and the adjacent end of said plate are bent upwardly on lines 5 parallel with the side edges of the plate and form outer abutments, the

corners of said portions being preferably removed as shown.

The edge portions 6 of the plate 1 at the ends of the notches 2 op osite the portions 4, are bent upwardly on o lique lines 7 leading from the inner edges of said notches to the edges of the plate, and these last named portions constitute additional abutments. The undercut ends 3 of the notches 2 form undercut inner ends for the several abutments 4 and 6.

As shown in Fig. 3, a pair of chairs constructed as described may be secured by bolts or the like 8 to theends of a tie plate 9, orthe chairs may be formed by stamping the ends of a tie plate 9 as above described and bending outer and inner abutments 4 and 6 upwardly therefrom. (See Fig. 5.) Whether the improved chairs be constructed separate from or integrally with the tie plates, Wedges 10 will be driven between the edges of the rails and the inner and outer abutments as depicted in Figs. 3 and 4, each of said Wedges having a base 11 to underlie the rail and a flange 12 to overlie the base of the latter. A series of openings 13 are preferably formed at the contracted end of each wedge in order that keys 14 may be driven therethrough for contact with one edge of the chair to prevent displacement of the wedge after it has been driven. The keys in question may be driven either through the openings 13 or through notches 15 in the outer edges of the wedges, and if the latter course is adopted,'said keys will be received in openings 16 in the chair. Either or both of these fastening means for the wedges may be employed, and in fact any other suitable arrangement for this purpose could be used.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be observed that the invention is of simple and inexpensive nature, yet that it will effectively hold the rails against creeping or spreading. On account of these advantages, the specific construction shown constitutes the preferred form of the device, but I wish it understood that within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made without sacrificing the prin" cipal advantages.

I claim:

A rail chair comprising a malleable base aaeaaee plate having near one end a pair of 0 posed elongated notches in its side edges ormed with undercut ends, the edge portions of said plate between said notches and said end 5 of the plate being bent upwardly on lines parallel with said edges of the plate, the edge portions of said plate at the other end of the notches being bent upwardly on oblique lines leading from the inner edges of 10 said notches to the edges of the plate, all of said upwardly bent portions constituting abutments whose inner ends are formed by said undercut ends of the notches.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the-presence of two subscribing 15 witnesses.

JAMES P. MANLEY. Witnesses:

MILFORD BRITTON, SAMUEL E. JoHNsoN. 

